Showing posts with label Rosemary Mahoney. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rosemary Mahoney. Show all posts
"I loved not knowing what would happen next, loved that no one here knew me. I felt coordinated and strong, and the world seemed huge and vibrant. It was a relief to be alone, and I was accustomed now to the feel of the river and to the fact that I was actually pulling myself along it to a new destination...My happiness was a feeling of physical lightness, of weightlessness, like drifting on air."

Down the Nile: Alone in a Fisherman's Skiff by Rosemary Mahoney